VIDEO: Arbaeen pilgrims at Shalamcheh border crossing
Saturday, 17 August 2024 18:48
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – Despite the extreme heat, a large number of Arbaeen pilgrims are crossing the Shalamcheh border crossing in southwest Iran to reach themselves the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in Iraq....
Cultural commonalities basis for advancing Iran-India ties
Friday, 16 August 2024 12:57
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) – Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said that the cultural and civilizational commonalities are the important bases for advancing and ...
Leader urges for resisting enemy's psychological warfare
Wednesday, 14 August 2024 12:45
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned against enemy's psychological warfare, calling for intensified effor...
Iran, Iraq stress broadening coop. in Quranic diplomacy field
Tuesday, 13 August 2024 16:19
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Head of the International Center of Quran and the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization emphasized the need for increasing bilateral coop...
Iran, Iraq agree on weekly dispatching pilgrims by train
Monday, 12 August 2024 12:04
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – An official at the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, known as RIA, announced that Iran and Iraq agreed to dispatch pilgrims weekly by Tehran-Karb...
Iran-Armenia handicraft, tourism, culinary festival kicks off
Saturday, 10 August 2024 13:01
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – The third edition of NAVASARD Festival started between Iran and Armenia themed “Culture, Tourism, Culinary, and Handicrafts”....
Example of Hussein to inspire people to seek religious life
Saturday, 10 August 2024 08:24
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) –Commenting on Arbaeen pilgrimage and Imam Hussein's sacrifice in battle of Karbala, Prof. Charles Taliaferro said, "My own prayer is that the examp...
Documentary about Iranian calligraphy to premiere in Russia
Thursday, 08 August 2024 17:41
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – TV BRICS International Media Network will be the first to show the documentary film "Noqte" about the art of Iranian calligraphy, shot in Iran and...
TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH) is the fifth Imam of the Shiites, symbolizing the quest for truth through his behavior and moral characteristics, ak...
Mount Damavand is the highest peak in Iran and the highest volcano in Asia.
Travel tips
Things to Know Before Trip One of the most important things to remember is that Iranians aren’t Arabs, they’re Persian. They speak Farsi (and other dialects), not Arabic, and some people might feel offended if you great them with Arabic words.